Congratulations! As one of the pioneer donors for my historic election in 2016, I want to thank you and offer you this wonderful painting by my cousin Regina von Drumpf. Regina, as you can see is a fine artist and has captured the first flight Melania and I made on our new plane! Isn’t she[...]
Archive for March, 2020
March 23rd, 2020 - 7:59 pm § in Politics
Portrait of a Libertarian
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) at work. (Image from The Atlantic; read article here.)[...]
March 22nd, 2020 - 3:36 pm § in Economics
How to correctly interpret this “stock market crash”
When you buy stock, you become a part-owner of the company, but in practical terms you’re buying a share of the company’s future earnings. The market prices of shares continually fluctuate, and at any given time, they’re worth whatever investors are willing to pay for them. This is[...]
March 22nd, 2020 - 1:05 am § in Christianity
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: A Christian Decries Politics
An article in Evangelicals for Social Action says that Christianity Is Neither Democratic nor Republican—It’s Better Than Both The article starts out by saying “If Christianity means loving God with all your heart, soul, and mind, and loving your neighbor as yourself, then people of b[...]
March 20th, 2020 - 6:02 pm § in Misc.
What coronavirus symptoms are, and when to seek help
A CNN article (read it here) seeks to provide reliable advice about how to identify a coronavirus infection and what to do in that case. Doctors believe symptoms typically begin to appear from 2 to 14 days after exposure. “‘We’re emphasizing fever plus a notable lower respiratory t[...]
March 20th, 2020 - 1:59 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
2 GOP senators under fire for dumping stock ahead of crash
At least two Republican U.S. senators are facing media scrutiny and public criticism for having sold millions of dollars of stock after receiving confidential briefings about the coming coronavirus crisis and before that information became public and the stock market crashed. Sen. Richard Burr (R-[...]
March 20th, 2020 - 1:54 am § in Misc.
How to spell uell
English is a fonetic langwitch. While claimink a mere 26 letters, there are as many dipthongs as there are bikinis on the beach in Fort Lodderdale. From psychiatry to enough, wimen to Gloster, chaos reigns. Happy Uell[...]
March 19th, 2020 - 9:22 pm § in Economics
$$$ McConnell’s Helicopter Money
How Much Will You Get ??? Right now, this is only a proposal, but if legislated in its present form, there would be a single payment of $1,200 for each adult plus $500 for each child for: Individual taxpayers whose adjusted gross income (AGI) on their 2018 tax return was $75,000 or less; Joint filer[...]
March 18th, 2020 - 7:01 pm § in Donald Trump
The Dow Jones average
Jan. 20, 2017 … 19,827.25 March 18, 2020 … 19,898.92 President Trump has often pointed to the stock market as proof his policies are successful. By now, the pitfalls of that approach are, well, obvious.[...]
March 18th, 2020 - 1:00 pm § in Misc.
Selected Movie & Article Links
Below are links to a sampling of our best, most interesting, infuriating, or just plain funny movies, articles, and essays. Selections for this list are entirely arbitrary. The-Ave.US has over 23,000 posts, so this isn’t an index. ANIMATED VIDEOS Oh Sheep! (6:36 min., genre: animated short —[...]